[zimpenfish]

We do - https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/child-protection-system - but, at least in England, as with most governmental functions, it's been slashed to near death by years of austerity and "small government" lunacy.

[philipallstar]

It's not lunacy. It's the parents' child, not the state's.

[zimpenfish]

> It's the parents' child, not the state's.

And who should look out for the child's interests if the parents can't or won't?

[philipallstar]

Who decides what the child's interests are?